Amazing, shimini atzereth is called zman simcatheinu precisely because its a day we have the temple and not only this but the original idea he shall dwell in us, so in a sense absent of this there is no simcha and this is what October 7th came to remind us and the simcha Torah a year or 2 prior to October 7th where there was a terrorist attack, to remind us to not have a superficial simcha with the traditional festivities but to yearn for the ultimate simcha when Hashem is back in our midst. That on shimini atzeret much like Chanukah it should really be about re dedicating our fathers house.
One bull, special time of the One with His One People, an exclusive occasion, reserved for us Jews. That's what the Al Aksa flood y"sh wanted to contest. It's always been a battle of who is the true heir.
Great stuff, wonderful insights, deeply rooted in Torah.
Thanks for this.
Amen v'Amen!!!
Yishar koach!!!
Very interesting to hear this.
Amazing, shimini atzereth is called zman simcatheinu precisely because its a day we have the temple and not only this but the original idea he shall dwell in us, so in a sense absent of this there is no simcha and this is what October 7th came to remind us and the simcha Torah a year or 2 prior to October 7th where there was a terrorist attack, to remind us to not have a superficial simcha with the traditional festivities but to yearn for the ultimate simcha when Hashem is back in our midst. That on shimini atzeret much like Chanukah it should really be about re dedicating our fathers house.
שמונה שמיני שמנה. 8 times parashat Shmini is a sign for a "fat" (oily) year.
One bull, special time of the One with His One People, an exclusive occasion, reserved for us Jews. That's what the Al Aksa flood y"sh wanted to contest. It's always been a battle of who is the true heir.
Shimini HaTzeret celebrates the new earth and the new heaven. The new begining! The new heaven.